Observation, Assessment and Planning

Each child's group leader/key person keeps comprehensive records of their development. These records are contributed to by all staff in Nursery. The records detail children's attainment and progress and describe their interests and learning styles.

There are open evenings each term at which child records are shared with parents/carers, who are offered opportunities to contribute to them.

These records are used to inform planning and are shared with children's primary school teachers on transfer.

For the summer born children, who complete their final term in Nursery in the summer term of their 5th birthday, the foundation stage profile is completed.

The school collects a wide range of progress and attainment data. This data is reviewed termly and annually and used to inform future planning, both for individual children and whole school development planning.